Exodus 19:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּ֧ם תִּהְיוּ־לִ֛י מַמְלֶ֥כֶת כֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָד֑וֹשׁ אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattem tihyû-to me mamleḵet kōhănîm wə-gôy qādôš these the dəbārîm ʾăšer tədabbēr to bənê yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾattem*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - and you
• *tihyû*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you will be
• *mamleḵet*: noun, feminine singular construct - kingdom of
• *kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
• *wə-gôy*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and nation
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy/set apart
• *dəbārîm*: noun, masculine plural (with definite article) - the words/things
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *tədabbēr*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall speak
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *mamleḵet kōhănîm*: kingdom of priests/priestly kingdom
• *gôy qādôš*: holy nation/set-apart people
• *dəbārîm*: words/statements/matters

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Deut 26:19 : 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
• Deut 28:9 : 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
• Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
• Lev 21:7-8 : 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
• Lev 21:23 : 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
• Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
• Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
• Lev 20:24 : 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
• Deut 33:2-4 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
• Isa 61:6 : 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
• 1 Cor 3:17 : 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
• 1 Thess 5:27 : 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
• Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.